Academic and Professional Life
Open Collaboration: A Reflection on OpenCon2018
By elyse hill on November 15, 2018 | Tagged with conference, open access, open culture, open data, open education, OpenCon, reflection
As a member of the Digital Tattoo project, we are constantly striving to create different avenues for student learning, by making high-quality educational resources free and accessible. Because of this, I was impelled to apply to the OpenCon 2018 to learn more about Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data. At the beginning of November, […]
New on the Podcast: An Interview with the Information and Privacy Commissioner for B.C., Michael McEvoy
By bryan short on September 13, 2018 | Tagged with digital tattoo podcast
The Digital Tattoo Podcast – Episode 6 With a federal election approaching in Canada, I sat down with the Michael McEvoy, the Information and Privacy for British Columbia, and talked about potential threats to the democratic process. We also discussed how the role of his office is changing and what he learned as a lead […]
The Relationship Between You and Institutional Software
By Jason Cheung on August 21, 2018 | Tagged with Canvas, Codes of Conduct, Enterprise Software Licensing, FIPPA, Institutional Software, Instructure, Licensing, LMS, policy, privacy policy, Software Licensing, Student Rights, University of Toronto
Introduction Recently, the University of Toronto decided to switch its Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard Learn [1] by Blackboard Inc., to Canvas [2] by Instructure. The newly installed LMS is named Quercus, a branded instance of Canvas built for the University of Toronto. This change in software sparked questions for the Digital Tattoo team to find out: […]
Canvas Exposed: The little problem with UBC’s big, expensive new tool
By bryan short on August 20, 2018 | Tagged with Canvas, cloud computing, Consent, Contract, data, data residency, Digital Rights, Exposed, FIPPA, Forced Consent, Informed Consent, privacy, privacy policy, terms of use, UBC
The little problem with UBC’s big, expensive new tool Last year, UBC introduced a new learning management system. Canvas by Instructure was rolled out to replace the aging and underperforming Blackboard Connect. When classes begin this September, UBC’s more than 60,000 students will only be using the new Canvas system. Learning management systems are useful […]
Ownership of Content in Your Digital Life – World Wide Web (Part 2)
By Jason Cheung on July 16, 2018 | Tagged with content ownership, copyleft, Data Ownership, GPL, intellectual property, joint intellectual work, shareware, web hosting
What Do You Own on Your Website? In our previous article, we took a look at the content ownership agreements that exist between social media users and the companies behind Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. In short, we learned that as part of the agreement to use their services, users agree to give these companies a […]
Ownership of Content in Your Digital Life – Social Media (Part 1)
By Jason Cheung on July 9, 2018 | Tagged with Content Licensing, Data Capitalism, Data Colonialism, Data for Services, Data Imperialism, Data Merchanting, Data Ownership, Data Payment, Social media, Terms of Service, Third Wave Capitalism, toffler, Value of Data
Snap, Click, Post, Like: the normal rhythm of a social media user, who uses popular social media/sharing sites to broadcast stories from their day-to-day lives to the world. Most users are content with their relationship with social sharing platforms, so long as the service is uninterrupted. Social sharing platforms allow users to share their lives, […]
How to Access Information Collected From Your Digital Accounts
By Jason Cheung on June 11, 2018 | Tagged with Access My Info, Citizen Lab, Data, freedom of information, Munk School of Global Affairs, Office of the privacy commissioner, PIPEDA, privacy, Privacy Act, terms and conditions, transparency
Terms and Conditions – TL;DR: Take My Data Terms and conditions of use often bind users to agreements in unsuspecting ways about the use, storage, sale, transfer, and deletion of their account, data, or identity. Examples include popular software such as Twitter, which stipulates that they can profit from selling your pictures without prior […]
Book Review: Managing the Digital You
By victoria mcauley on May 2, 2018 | Tagged with book review, clutter, Data, data detox, digital archiving, educational resource, file management, personal archiving
Managing the Digital You Melody Condron (2017) ________ Digital Tattoo Rating: 4/5 Summary I don’t know about you, but the number of files on my computer has gotten out of control. Every time I have to switch devices, or find a paper from last semester, I realize how poorly I’ve managed the data […]
From Student to Teacher: Becoming a Professional
By Emily Fornwald on September 6, 2017 | Tagged with Connect, Digital identity, employee, Network Smarts, Participation, social_network, Work
To access the case studies, as well as the resources that can be used to guide decision-making, visit our Case Studies for Student Teachers page. Before I became a graduate student at UBC, I was a teacher candidate preparing to take on the role of a professional educator. Like all of my peers transitioning into the […]
30.1: The Fight for Data Sovereignty
By bryan short on May 26, 2017 | Tagged with 30.1, data, Data, Data sovereignty, FIPPA
This blog series questions the risks that we’re willing to assume and examines the hazards that are present in the current information technology landscape. Although it’s never a one-size-fits-all situation, British Columbia’s current legal framework has a specific provision that affects everyone in the province. Why it matters This year, there have been a few anecdotal reports of travellers from Canada being […]
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